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Institution: Haverford College
Website: http://www.haverford.edu/library/special/
Title: Mott-Morris-Dillwyn-Smith family papers.
Dates: 1681-1961 (bulk 1740s-1919)
Extent: .5 linear feet
Language: Materials in English.
Biographical or Historical Note: Richard Mott was a Quaker minister, and his wife, Abigail Field Mott, was a Quaker elder. Richard S. Smith was a Philadelphia Quaker merchant who was married to Hannah Logan Smith. Francis B. Gummere was a Haverford College alumnus, class of 1872, and taught English and German at Haverford College, 1887-1919.
Scope and Content Note: This is a collection of family papers of the Gummere, Mott, Morris, Dillwyn, Smith, and Hooton families. Materials include: family correspondence; deeds and indentures; genealogical records; bills and receipts; and photographs and illustrations. Notable items include a letter from William Logan describing a perilous sea voyage; a series of letters from Isaac Sharpless to Francis Barton Gummere; a speech about Haverford from Samuel Gummere; renderings of Burlington Meetinghouse; and a history of Hickory Grove, the family homestead, by Richard F. Mott (1891).
Personal and Corporate Names: Dillwyn family. / Gummere family. / Morris family. / Mott family. / Sharpless, Isaac, 1848-1920. / Smith family. /
Subjects: Quaker church buildings--New Jersey. / Quakers--Pennsylvania. /
Genres: Correspondence. / Deeds. / Family papers. / Photographs. /
Themes: Genealogy /
Related collections: Haverford College: Gummere-Mott family papers and Amelia M. Gummere papers.
The collection is open for research. Please contact Diana Franzusoff Peterson, Manuscripts Librarian & College Archivist, dfpeters@haverford.edu, with questions or to access the collection.
The survey projects that produced these collection records were funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.